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Topic: Political Accountability

ACA8

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Lead Authors: Low, Gonzalez, Voepel Summary: Youth voters are chronically underrepresented in the voting population. At 17, many Californians are earning income on which they can be taxed, and facing life choices which can be severely affected by the decisions of elected officials. ACA8 lowers the minimum voting age to 17 years old in California. … Continued

AB1600

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Lead Author: Kalra Summary: A defendant facing trial should have every opportunity to know if an officer involved in their case has any instances of documented police misconduct. AB1600 helps to expedite this process by shortening the notice requirement from 16 days to 10 days after the defendant has filed a motion to obtain these … Continued

AB84

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Author: Mullin Co-authors: Rendon, Dahle   AB 84 includes new and improved transparency measures in exchange for both Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate and Assembly opening “legislative caucus committees” that would give them greater influence over campaigns. These committees would allow corporate donors to give $73,000 more to each party and allow each … Continued

SB149

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authors: McGuire, Wiener co-authors: Santiago, Bonta, Dababneh, Eggman, Gomez, Leyva, Low, Mullin, Wieckowski   SB 149, the Presidential Transparency and Accountability Act, would mandate that future presidential candidates must publicly release their tax returns to voters in order to have their name included on the California primary ballot. (This bill was vetoed by Governor Brown.)

AB249

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authors: Mullin, Levine co-authors: Allen, Berman, Dababneh, de León, Hill, Nazarian, Stern, Aguiar-Curry, Beall, Bonta, Chiu, Chu, Dodd, Friedman, Galgiani, Gloria, Grayson, Kalra, Leyva, McCarty, Muratsuchi, Newman, Portantino, Quirk-Silva, Wiener   In 2016, funders spent a record half a billion dollars on ballot measures. But it’s often not clear to voters since funders — particularly … Continued